Adjustable two-finger ring with removable ornament

ABSTRACT

An ornamental finger ring for two adjacent fingers including a removable ornament, an upper rigid member forming both an ornament support member and the upper part of two semicircular rings, and a lower formable member connected to said upper member and including a pair of subtending formable elements forming the lower part of said two semi-circular rings and permitting adjustment relative to the two rigid upper parts of the two rings to provide, in cooperation with the two upper parts, a desired fit on the fingers.

United States Patent Strassel 1 Sept. 5, 1972 [54] ADJUSTABLE TWO-FINGER RING FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS WITH REMOVABLE ORNAMENT 500,021 11/1954 Italy ..63/2 [7 Inventor: Donald Strassel, Newark, NY 1,014,981 6/1952 France ..63/29 R [73] Assignee: C. H. Stuart & Co., Inc., Newark,

NY Primary ExaminerF. Barry Shay A h B Filed: Dec. 1970 ttorney Sc ovee & oston [21] Appl. No.: 97,146 [57] ABSTRACT An ornamental finger ring for two adjacent fingers in- [52] US. Cl. ..63/ 15.5, 63/29, 63/15 eluding a removable ornament, an upper rigid member [51] Int. Cl ..A44c 9/02 forming both an ornament support member and the Field of Search 45/ upper part of two semicircular rings, and a lower formable member connected to said upper member [56] References Cited and including a pair of subtending formable elements UNITED STATES PATENTS forming the lower part of said two semi-circular rings and permitting adjustment relative to the two rigid D2l9,995 2/ 1971 Yates... ..D45/ 10 upper parts f the two rings to provide in cooperation 2,584,087 1/1952 Barbierl ..63/1 5.5 with the two upper parts a desired fit on the fingers 3,459,007 8/1969 Whatley ..63/14 G 2,356,722 8/ 1944 Harris ..D45/ 10 UX 2 Claims, 2 Drawing Figures PAIENIEDSEP 1912 3,688,520

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DONALD C. STRASSEL ATTORNEYS ADJUSTABLE TWO-FINGER RING WITH REMOVABLE ORNAMENT BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to jewelry and in particular to a two-finger ornamental ring.

2. Description of Prior Art Ornamental rings have been proposed for use on two adjacent fingers, however, they have been subject to various disadvantages, for example, in requiring a large inventory of sizes, or in not being satisfactory and practical regarding adjustability of fit.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In an ornamental finger ring for two adjacent fingers comprising an ornament, a mounting member for holding the ornament, means removably holding the ornament in the mounting member, and a pair of semi-circular rings for receiving two adjacent fingers, the improvement wherein the mounting member and the upper part of each ring are formed as one integral rigid casting and wherein the lower part of each ring is a separate formable element connected to the casting, whereby the lower part of each ring can be adjusted to provide, in cooperation with the rigid upper part of each ring, a desired fit on the two fingers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The present invention will be more fully understood by reference to the following detailed description thereof, when read in conjunction with the attached drawing, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side view, partly broken away, of a ring constructed in accordance with the present invention; and

FIG. 2 is a top view of the ring of FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT With reference now to the drawing, FIGS. 1 and 2 show an ornamental ring comprising a rigid upper member 12 formed, for example, as a stamping, a pair of separate, lower, formable elements 14 and 16 connected to the upper member 12, and an ornament 18, removably mounted in the upper member 12. The upper member 12 includes a support 20 for the ornament 18, and also includes a pair of rigid upper parts 22 and 24 of a pair of semi-circular rings 26 and 28. The upper parts 22 and 24 cooperate with the lower formable elements 14 and 16 to form the rings 26 and 28 for receiving a pair of adjacent fingers. The rings 26 and 28 are preferably each in the shape of a C, and are positioned back to back in the same plane.

The two formable elements 14 and 16 are separately welded or otherwise connected to the upper member 12, and are constructed of any suitable metal or other material allowing the two elements 14 and 16 to be formed by being repeatedly bent back and forth (without breaking) into the desired position with respect to the upper parts 22 and 24 to comfortably fit on two fingers of a wearer. It is noted that the upper parts 22 and 24, being formed as a stamping, can not be bent without danger of cracking and breaking.

The ornament 18 is removably mounted in the upper member by means of a spring clip 30 connected to the ornament l8 and fitting into a cylindrical chamber 36 through an opening 32 in the upper member 12. A compressible portion 34 of the spring clip 30 is compressed as it is forced through the opening 32, after which it remains compressed in chamber 36 firmly, but removably, holding the ornament 18 in place.

While the two formable elements 14 and 16 each preferably terminate short of forming a complete circle or ring with the corresponding upper part 22 and 24, respectively, it is to be understood that this is not essential and that the two elements 14 and 16 can extend up toward and past the upper parts 22 and 24, if desired. Further, while the two elements 14 and 16 are preferably separate, they can be a single unit connected to member 12.

The invention has been described in detail with particular reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention as described hereinabove and as defined in the appended claims.

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1. In an ornamental finger ring for two adjacent fingers including an ornament, a support for the ornament, and two adjacent rings to receive two adjacent fingers, the improvement wherein said finger ring comprises:

a. an upper member, said upper member comprising said support and a pair of upper parts of said rings formed as a single, rigid, integral, nonformable stamping,

. a separate, lower, formable member connected to said upper member and including a pair of lower formable elements positioned to cooperate with said upper parts to form said rings, said formable elements being separately adjustable and bendable with respect to each other and with respect to said upper parts to provide a comfortable fit on said two fingers,

c. means for removably mounting said ornament on said support,

. said two rings formed by the cooperation of said pair of upper parts and said pair of formable elements being in approximately the same plane and being spaced apart by a portion of said support including a body of enlarged width positioned between said rings at the location where said rings are most closely adjacent each other,

e. said removable mounting means comprising a snap spring connected to said ornament and extending downwardly therefrom, said support including a substantially vertical, cylindrical chamber in said body having an upper opening thereinto, said snap spring having a compressible portion larger in width than the diameter of said chamber, and said compressile portion being sufiiciently compressible that it can pass through said opening and into said chamber to firmly removably hold said ornament on said support, and

f. said two rings being semi-circular, each being in the shape of a C and being positioned back to back, said pair of formable elements each forming approximately the bottom half of each C, said pair of formable elements being connected to said upper member at a lower distal end of said body on opposite sides of said cylindrical chamber and said chamber extending vertically completely through said body. 5 2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said pair of formable elements are separate elements separately connected to said upper member. 

1. In an ornamental finger ring for two adjacent fingers including an ornament, a support for the ornament, and two adjacent rings to receive two adjacent fingers, the improvement wherein said finger ring comprises: a. an upper member, said upper member comprising said support and a pair of upper parts of said rings formed as a single, rigid, integral, nonformable stamping, b. a separate, lower, formable member connected to said upper member and including a pair of lower formable elements positioned to cooperate with said upper parts to form said rings, said formable elements being separately adjustable and bendable with respect to each other and with respect to said upper parts to provide a comfortable fit on said two fingers, c. means for removably mounting said ornament on said support, d. said two rings formed by the cooperation of said pair of upper parts and said pair of formable elements being in approximately the same plane and being spaced apart by a portion of said support including a body of enlarged width positioned between said rings at the location where said rings are most closely adjacent each other, e. said removable mounting means comprising a snap spring connected to said ornament and extending downwardly therefrom, said support including a substantially vertical, cylindrical chamber in said body having an upper opening thereinto, said snap spring having a compressible portion larger in width than the diameter of said chamber, and said compressile portion being sufficiently compressible that it can pass through said opening and into said chamber to firmly removably hold said ornament on said support, and f. said two rings being semi-circular, each being in the shape of a ''''C'''' and being positioned back to back, said pair of formable elements each forming approximately the bottom half of each ''''C,'''' said pair of formable elements being connected to said upper member at a lower distal end of said body on opposite sides of said cylindrical chamber and said chamber extending vertically completely through said body.
 2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said pair of formable elements are separate elements separately connected to said upper member. 